Author of being sourse of light With unfading beauty bright Fullness goodness rolling round Thy own fair orb without a bound Whether thy suppliants call Truth or good or all or all God or father thee we hail Essense that can never fail Grecian or Barbarick name Thy steadfast being still the same Thee when morning greets skies With rosy cheeks and humid eyes Then when sweet declining day Sinks in purple waves away Thee my lips shall still proclaim And teach the world to bless thy name.

Full Text: Author of being sourse of light With unfading beauty bright Fullness goodness rolling round Thy own fair orb without a bound Whether thy suppliants call Truth or good or all or all God or father thee we hail Essense that can never fail Grecian or Barbarick name Thy steadfast being still the same Thee when morning greets skies With rosy cheeks and humid eyes Then when sweet declining day Sinks in purple waves away Thee my lips shall still proclaim And teach the world to bless thy name.
Listed on Page Number: 313
Sampler Worked By: Mary S. Cleveland
Date of Sampler: 1823
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 139
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Wesley, John and Charles. Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: William Strahan, 1739, p.1.
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